CEDIS History

The Software Factory Laboratory (lab FSw) is created to connect training, research, and development in Software Engineering at the University of Brasília.

From the outset, the group is positioned as a hands-on R&D environment where students engage with software, processes, and innovation in practice.

As new researchers joined and the group’s scope expanded, the laboratory was renamed the Center for Studies, Development, and Innovation in Software, CEDIS.

The new name signals a broader ambition: turning knowledge into applied research, technological development, and institutional collaboration.

In 2020, CEDIS expanded its social impact agenda with the launch of Software for Good during the 20th University Week at the University of Brasília.

This milestone reinforces a defining trait of the center: using software, multidisciplinary collaboration, and outreach to respond to real societal demands.

The same year marks CEDIS’s first contribution to the University of Brasília’s own digital infrastructure: a master’s dissertation instruments the UnB Service Bus with monitoring, bringing visibility to the backbone that connects academic systems. New research fronts also start: BioCloud, DOARTI, Parkinson App, and the Cloud/IoT/Distributed Systems line — opening ground in bioinformatics, the third sector, and distributed computing.

The center releases SAGA, an academic management support system — its first proprietary product published on the portal. It is a symbolic step: CEDIS begins to sign not only research, but also production-grade platforms.

In the same cycle, the center joins the A3M program of pedagogical innovation and active learning and starts the Digital Transformation of Public Services project, expanding the interface between applied research and public administration.

In 2023, CEDIS consolidates its international profile by signing its first cooperation agreement in Portugal, in November. The same year sees the launch of MAGRA, a product for predicting undergraduate dropout, and the publication of the book “Learning Indicators” — work that also earns CEDIS professors an honorable mention in teaching innovation later in November.

Beyond national partnerships, the repository also records CEDIS’s connection with VISTA Lab at the University of Évora, in Portugal.

This link expands the center’s international reach and reinforces its ability to engage with external research and innovation networks.

By 2024, the repository presents CEDIS as an established center in collaborative projects, especially through DFCris and Canal Ciência, both developed in partnership with IBICT.

In the same cycle, the center gains international visibility: a CEDIS undergraduate fellow presents the team’s work at ICCSA 2024 in Vietnam, and the Canal Ciência project receives the conference’s best paper award.

The year also marks the launch of Contextus in January and MoodleGam in August, and adds another international recognition: best paper award at IEEE ITHET 2024, in Paris.

In 2025, the Alvorecer Feudal project receives an Honorable Mention at the University of Brasília’s Annual Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching (DEG/UnB) — the center’s first significant internal institutional recognition. CEDIS publishes the products Super R, aimed at the Software Requirements course, and Nativo, an application dedicated to preserving indigenous languages.

Also in 2025, Evidentia and OctaAnalysis are formalized as dedicated research projects, setting the stage for the following cycle’s releases, and the Software Engineering program at UnB hosts the Banco do Brasil Gamification team — a symbolic point of connection with industry.

CEDIS enters a more visible phase of technological consolidation. Contextus stands out as one of the clearest milestones of this cycle, strengthening the institutional recognition of the center’s technological production.

In February, INPI grants Contextus the first formal software program registration for CEDIS (process BR512026000889-1) — a milestone in protecting the center’s intellectual property.

In March, Evidentia Review reinforces CEDIS’s role in evidence-based research through a platform designed to support the planning, execution, and reporting of systematic reviews with collaboration and traceability.

OctaAnalysis highlights the center’s work in gamification and learning analytics, offering a proprietary digital environment to design, monitor, and analyze educational and collaborative experiences.

A new wave of products stemming from undergraduate theses and research expands the portfolio: DevDog, Atloria, EduTrack, Git Ranking, and Deck Manager — the latter being CEDIS’s first product with a privacy-by-design policy compliant with Brazilian LGPD. Recognition from the Brazilian research community comes with paper acceptances at SBES 2026 (DevDog) and SBIE 2026 (EduTrack), and the center starts a new project with MCTI focused on information management for the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation.

Together, Contextus, Evidentia Review, and OctaAnalysis present a mature CEDIS, with proprietary assets in applied intelligence, scientific collaboration, gamification, and advanced research support.